Private Duty nurse pay in Kentucky
$72,800median posted offer#1 of 2 states for Private Duty
Private Duty nurses in Kentucky are being offered a median $72,800 a year across 5 live postings that state pay — 8% below the national Private Duty median of $79,040. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Private Duty in Kentucky?
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Other specialties in Kentucky
- Medical/Surgical 5 postings$111k
- ICU 9 postings$109k
- Acute Care 7 postings$105k
- Travel 7 postings$105k
- Registered Nurses 34 postings$85k
- Hospitals and Health Care 15 postings$84k
- Healthcare Occupations 38 postings$83k
- Nursing Occupations 38 postings$83k
Or see all nurse pay in Kentucky (212 postings), or Private Duty pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in KentuckyEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Private Duty nurses make in Kentucky?
- Across 5 live Private Duty postings in Kentucky that state pay, the median offer is $72,800 a year. The middle half runs $68,640–$72,800, and the top 10% start at $72,800.
- Is Kentucky a good state for Private Duty nurses?
- On posted pay, Kentucky ranks #1 of 2 states for Private Duty. The median there is 8% below the national Private Duty median of $79,040. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.